Tag: Consumer Price Index
$50 oil surge could wipe out 2% of India’s GDP, warns Axis Bank’s Neelkanth Mishra
Mumbai: In a sharp assessment of India’s macroeconomic vulnerabilities, Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist of Axis Bank and Head of Global Research at Axis Capital, warned…
New series will better reflect consumption patterns, reduce volatility: RBI Guv
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday said the new CPI inflation series based on 2024 prices will better reflect Indian households’ consumption…
RBI MPC maintains status quo as India to stay in the goldilocks zone for longer
Kolkata: The improved economic growth outlook and benign inflation projection, which signalled a longer goldilock moment for India, provided the room for a pause in…
India’s revamped inflation data addresses IMF concerns, says statistics secretary Saurabh Garg
India’s consumer inflation index, based on the new series, addresses the International Monetary Fund’s concerns about the country’s data integrity, a top official said Friday….
How to read the new retail inflation series| Business News
Calculating inflation involves four key processes: identifying the items for which price data is collected; classifying and weighing them, identifying the markets from which to…
CPI’s new method skewed; UP and Maharashtra account for nearly half of newly added markets, says SBI
New Delhi: Consumer Price Index (CPI) new method market additions for the calculation of the inflation data skewed towards few states as UP, Maharashtra accounts…
CPI Revamp: Inflation at 2.75% in January
New Delhi: India reported January retail inflation at 2.75%, the first reading under the revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with 2024 as the base…
From roti to OTT: New inflation math tells story of new India
The January Consumer Price Index (CPI) print marked more than just a new inflation number. At 2.75%, inflation returned to the Reserve Bank of India’s…
New CPI series to improve basis for formulating monetary, fiscal policies: CEA Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the new CPI series will improve the quality of data used in formulating monetary and fiscal…
India’s retail inflation at 2.75% in January as housing, services gain weight in CPI basket
India’s retail inflation rose to 2.75% in January 2026 on higher food and precious metal prices, according to the first reading of the new Consumer…